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Which came first the wearing of his vis or the obliviousness of its wearers?

Today's joy #1 involved an attempted dooring - no risk to me cause I don't ride in the door zone of death - but the oblivious moron simply threw his door open without a look or a care in the world.

#2 & 3 were engrossed in their discussion that neither bothered to look as they were about to step onto the bike path right in front of me. A shouted warning saw a startled jump with a look of complete surprise that they weren't alone in the universe.

It's not like this is a quiet area either - IIRC it's the 3rd busiest bike path in Sydney

Yesterday I got dressed for riding bit chickened put when it started raining. Rained all morning.

This morning was good weather. Riding up the footpath I dropped onto the road ready to turn right and the rear wheel reflector fell off. Decided to turn around and get it because I throw them all away off other bikes except the commuter. Unfortunately a car turned left and it had been run over and was in 100 bits.

This afternoon a minibus almost pulled out in front of me, but did stop. Then I got a good run along the busiest road. Timed the lights so I didn't need to stop, but did have to feather the brakes a few times behind traffic. Managed to get a rare green at the bottom of the hill, so got a great run though to the next roundabout with lots of momentum.

More wet roads, rain and drizzle in Brisbane

3 commutes for the week. First MTB detour commute since late April if strava isn't lying to me.

Taking it a bit easy, refamiliarising with the trails on the way home. Trails have definitely had some water and now lots of growth. Plenty of long grass and overhanging twigs along the way. The local joyriders have been busy too. One powerline easement had at least 7 burnt out car bodies on it when last time it was 2 at most.

Got a heart rate spike as something scaly and black disappeared into the scrub. Only half certain it had legs as I only really saw the tail.

Still, MTB riding home from work sure beats dealing with traffic.

Heatwave hot today. Morning still had cool morning air, but definitely pretty warm.

Afternoon was definitely in the heat of the day. Fortunately I was on the MTB and able to have a mostly shaded route home, and the afternoon sea breeze showed up a bit too.